Amacher C

Gardening with Emma J

2009-05-17T18:22:00.000-07:00

I am, by no means, a great gardener. I have what I like to call a 'dead thumb'. I wanted to put a flower pot on my front porch for awhile, so I decided to try my hand at it. We went to the local nursery and the girls helped me pick out some flowers. They both wanted to plant their OWN garden, so I let them pick out some flowers to plant. Quincey liked the IDEA of planting the flowers, but lost interest after awhile. Emma J, on the other hand LOVED IT!!! She was so patient and actually helpful!! She was so proud of her creation in a little corner in the back yard that I let them put their flowers. JJ reminds me every day that we need to water her flower garden!!!

Emma J so proud of her little flower garden!

Emma J's flower is the little pink one!

Quincey's First Stitches!

2009-04-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

That's right!.... Quincey received her first set of stitches on Thursday.

Thursday is usually a great day at our house. Quincey has dance class with her best friend, Savannah, and then afterwards Katie(Savannah's mom) and I take all 4 of our girls to McDonald's to play (and sometimes eat!!)
However this Thursday was not so great. During dance, Miss Michelle takes the girls down to get a drink in the middle of class. On the way back up to class, Quincey tripped on the stairs and 2 of her front teeth went all the way thru her bottom lip. I heard a scream and then saw Quincey coming through the door with blood dripping down her face. I took her in the bathroom to wipe it off and then Katie and I looked at her closer to discover that her teeth had gone through her lip. We gathered our stuff and went straight the the ER.
She only needed a couple of stitches to close her lip and so I decided to not have them sedate her and just block the nerves and stitch it fast. The blocking medication stings terribly!!
( I have heard grown men ball like a babies in the ER from it!!!) Quincey was a trooper!!! She hardly cried!! What a brave little girl.
After she was all stitched up, I took her to the dentist. Bad news. The force broke her teeth and she needs to have them pulled! Nice.... 2 of her 4 front teeth missing??!?!?!
Here are the pictures!!

Birthday Bash

2009-03-18T23:56:00.000-07:00

Ed spoiled me this year big time!!! He bought me an iPod Touch that I absolutely L O V E!!! He took me the The Melting Pot in Salt Lake. I thought it was a fun restaurant.. probably will not go back.... We then went and saw a total chick- flick (Confessions of a Shopaholic) and I got a pedicure!!!! I love Ed to death... he really takes such great care of me and the girls!

I love a great pedicure!!!

Melting Pot desert- you dip off of this stuff in a chocolate fondue pot!!

Fondue Dinner!!! You actually pay a lot of money to cook your food yourself!!!

New Pics!

2009-03-16T01:00:00.001-07:00

Here are some new pictures of the girls!!! Wow how they are growing up too fast!!!

Emma J Turns 3

2009-02-16T22:16:00.000-08:00

Today is Emma J's birthday!!! I wanted to post some pictures of the last 3 years with her!!!

She has been sooo much fun!! At first I thought she was going to be my quiet "good" girl!! NOPE! She is crazy and silly and we love her for it!!

My favorite things about her right now:

1) Emma loves to tell "jokes" her favorite are Knock- Knock jokes and she laughs hysterically at them!!

2) She has an amazing imagination. She currently has an imaginary friend named "Erica" The other day when she broke her favorite snow globe, she was sobbing and ran into her room yelling, "Erica did it!!!! Erica did it!!!"

3) Her name is JJ and she is turning 16(just like her mom) and that is that... you don't think so, just ask her!!!

JJ, Mommy loves you and I look forward for more birthdays to come!!!!

This was her party today!!! She is such a goof ball!!! She has been asking to go to Chuck E. Cheese forever (or so it seems!!)

Here is Birthday #2!!!

Emma's First Birthday!!!

6 months and already a goofy girl!!!

Valentine's Day 2006 (2 days before Emma J was born!!!)

After 2 contractions of pushing.....here she is!!!

Big sister seeing her for the first time!

She still sleeps like an angel!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T09:51:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Party at My Pad!

2009-02-06T12:20:00.000-08:00

So this morning while I was in my room, Quincey comes in and says:

"Hey Mom, remember the letter I sent you yesterday that said you were invited to my party tomorrow? Well, it is time for my part!!!" I walked out into the living room and this is what I found:

The girls had laid out this blanket and brought all sorts of "goodies" from the pantry, a game and we were watching Curious George! Mickey and Minnie were invited as well!!! How cute are they!!!

2009-01-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

I wanted to post these pictures that I took of the girls today. I have to say that the last few days they've been
driving me absolutely CRAZY!!! Give myself a "time-out" locked in the bathroom kinda crazy!! But today while Ed and I were cleaning the house, my girls decided to be so very cute!! Emma J is "fishin" off the railing down the steps to the basement. She was so funny!! She would reel her line back in and say, "Oops!! no fish!!!"and then cast it back down!!! This one of Quincey and Ed I love because Ed was siting up on the counter and Quincey hopped up onto the counter with him and just started hugging him and telling him that he was the best dad on the entire "earf"!!! She had no idea that I was taking a picture of her!!! I took these to remind me that even on the worst days, my girls are truly a gift from God !!!

Always Into Something!!!

2009-01-18T13:00:00.000-08:00

This is what I found last night after not hearing JJ for awhile!!

Christmas Day

2008-12-27T10:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas was great this year! My family came down and spent the night to spend Christmas morning together. Ed was supposed to work from 6:30am until 4:30 pm, but the guy he is training with right now asked the supervisor if it was OK if Ed came in at 9:30- it was great he was there form Christmas morning. At 3:00pm he called me to tell me he was on his way home!! What a great Christmas present! Here is my favorite present I got this year. It is a HUGE (queen size) soft, warm blanket! The girls had a great time, Quincey loved her "barbie" doll house and JJ loved her "dollhouse" (rose petal cottage) too!!!

The girls loved playing in the snow!!

Quincey, JJ and baby Adalie!

Santa brought Quincey a new pair of roller blades!

JJ playing with Uncle Nate (who is a barnicle head) in her new house!

Passed!!!

2008-12-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

Just a short little blog today to share with you all my excitement! Many of you know that I took my EMT Practical Exam almost 2 weeks ago with no word if I passed or not. I felt good about taking the exam when we were practicing in my class, but when I got to the testing center, I found out that I only had 9 minutes to take each of the practical tests instead of 10! I knew that on the Medical one I would be fine, it was the Trauma in 9 minutes that made me nervous. I left the testing facility feeling really bad about the Trauma and just knew that I failed it (I did NOT want to re-take the entire thing!!!) Well, yesterday at work, I decided to check my e-mail once more for the night and sure enough- there it was- my results..... PASSED!!!! i celebrated with some of my co-workers last night!

Family Christmas Pictures

2008-12-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Amacher's

Jes, Ed, Quincey and Emma J

Traditions

2008-12-17T08:25:00.000-08:00

This Christmas I am looking forward to some of our family traditions, new and old!

Old Traditions

*On Christmas Eve, we always open a pair of new PJ's that our Grandma bought for us. On Quincey's first Christmas, my mom was so excited to be able to give the "grammie jammies" !!

*When we were kids- well I mostly remember when my 2 younger siblings were little kids- we would sit on the stairs from downstairs and yell to ask if we could come up to see what Santa brought. It was so fun to see how excited the little ones were!!

*On Christmas Eve, after we opened our jammies, my sister Stephanie and I, would watch It's a Wonderful Life before going to bed.

*On Christmas morning, my dad would read from The Bible, the Birth of Christ, before opening any presents. My dad will be here for Christmas morning and so I hope that he will do that again for us this year!

New Traditions

* A new tradition that we have started is that my family comes down to my house on Christmas morning and we play games, play with new toys listen to music (and do NOT watch any TV!) all day and then I make a big dinner for our family. This has been my favorite new tradition!

* On Christmas Eve, we go to Ed's mom's house for dinner and presents. She always gives the kids a "sock" her own version of a stocking. Ed's mom puts a lot of thought and effort into what she buys the kids for Christmas and makes it special for each of them.... we love her for it!!

I am excited for new and old traditions alike!

Merry Christmas to all of you- May you all create new traditions this year!!!!

Dance Rehersal

2008-12-16T11:32:00.001-08:00

Quincey's dance rehersal was this weekend. They got all dressed up in thier costumes and practiced at the Jr. High School! Quincey and Savannah had a great time!!!

Miss Michelle, dance teacher

The whole class

How little they once were!

2008-12-09T01:20:00.001-08:00

It amazes me to go back and see these pictures and realize how fast my girls are growing up!! It really doesn't seem like it was that long ago that these were taken! Quincey was just 2 and we were up at my mom's house. She loved to carry those kitties around everywhere!!!

This picture was taken the same year. Notice both of my girls did not have a whole lot of hair!! Quincey, at the time, was going through a stage where she would pull out her hair. During that time she lost a lot of hair. Boy has it ever grown back!!!

Little did I know at the time that Emma J would
become the prankster/joker of the family. I guess that the signs were there early on!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T19:20:00.001-08:00

Here is our picture in the Salt Lake Tribune!

This year I am very thankful that our family survived the Police Academy! I am also very thankful that in these tough economic times that Ed has a good and secure job. I am thankful that my children are healthy and growing up to be such amazing little people. I am thankful that our parents are still young and able to be an active part of my girls' lives( who else but gramma's can spoil your kids?!!?!) I am most thankful to the Lord for giving me such a beautiful life!!!

Graduation!!!

2008-11-26T14:23:00.001-08:00

Graduation day is finally here!!! I must tell you that these past 5 months have seemed like 5 years!!! When Ed was hired on with Salt Lake, he knew that he would have to repeat the Police Academy. I don't think that he realized how difficult that would be... ya know going back to being the "new guy" or "toby" as they call it. This day has been a long time coming. I am so very proud of him for going through all of this so that our family will have better opportunities in the future!! I am very excited for what is in store for his career at SLCPD. On Monday we had a dinner with Chief Burbank and he let us ask any question of him that we had. I was very much impressed with him and his attitude about the police dept. It truly has been a refreshing change from before... and that is all I will say. Congrats to Ed and all of the hard work!!!! You're done!!!!

**If you want to see the news story on in, click on http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=4910741 ***

If you want to see the 6 mile pride run click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXFaLqEaNE

Quincey's Mommy Tag..

2008-11-17T18:13:00.000-08:00

1. What is something mom always says to you? "Don't be mean to your sister!"

2.What makes mommy happy? "To be nice!"

3. What makes mom sad? "When I hit."

4.How does mommy make you laugh? "Um, with funny faces!!"

5. What was mom like as a child? "Um I don't know, that's a tough one!!"

6. How old is your mom? "16!" (I have trained her well!! On my 30th birthday, someone asked her how old I looked... she replied 16- duh her age!!!!)

7. How tall is your mom? "really tall." ( I guess to her I am!!)

8. What is your mom's favorite thing to do? "Go shopping at Target!"

9. What does your mom do when your not around? "Just wait for me to come home!"

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "For doing fun things."

11. What is your mom really good at? "Cooking dinner and working hard at work!"

12. What is your mom not very good at? "The laundry!"

13. What does your mom do for her job? "Helps people in the hospital."

14. What is your mom's favorite food? "Cous cous, just like me!"

15. What makes you proud of your mom? " By cleaning up my room." ( I think she thought the question was what makes your mom proud of you)

16. If your mom was a cartoon character who would she be? "Squidward" (from Spongebob)

17. What do you and your mom do together? "Sing songs."

18. How are you and your mom the same? " I really don't know, this is a tough one.. it is a really hard one... I don't know... what do you think the right answer is?!!?!" Hmmm. I WONDER how Quincey and I are alike!!

19. How are you and your mom different? " By having different hair!"

20. How do you know your mom loves you? "Because she gives me lovies and kisses!"

Quincey tags: Savannah, Natalie (steph, you really don't have to ask Natalie!!) and Andie!!

Movie Night!

2008-11-14T19:15:00.000-08:00

Movie night at our house is a lot of fun! The girls get into jammies and bring pillows, blankets and their favorite stuffed animals. They come in and snuggle up with Mom or Dad (mainly Dad because they have missed him all day long) and we all watch a movie! My girls love to watch Veggie Tales movies and right now the favorite is Moe and The Big Exit. Maybe Santa will bring another Veggie Tales movie to watch so that Dad can see some new material. Tonight, as my girls and my sweet husband lay on our bed for movie night, I got a little sentimental. Maybe it was the funeral of the fallen officer from North Salt Lake that Ed attended today, or just hormones, but I got to thinking that these are the times that I really need to cherish. Life is too precious to let slip away. I feel like if I blink, these monents will pass me by. I know that it is so cliche to say, but tonight, I truly believe, that it is little things in life that are what we really do need to keep in our hearts!

A Change Is In The Air!!

2008-11-13T14:20:00.000-08:00

So, after months of debating weather or not I should do something drastic with my hair... I decided to go for it!!! I was either going to cut it very short or make a dramatic color change..... Here is the final result. It has taken my a couple of days to get used to my reflection in the mirror, but I really like it!!

Snow... Finally!!!

2008-11-05T12:16:00.000-08:00

The leaves are not even gone, yet it is time for snow!

Finally snow!! For the past 2 months, my girls have been so excited for the snow to come. They have pulled out all of the gloves, hats, snow boots, etc., to "practice" getting ready for the first snow fall of the season. Snow= Christmas in their little minds. So this morning when they woke up, they looked out the window and screamed, "SNOW!!!!" Emma didn 't even want to wait to get dressed, so I let her put some pants on under her nightgown and go outside on the deck to play in the snow.

They played and ate snow for quite awhile, and Quincey comes in and says, "Mom, I think that it is time for you to make me some hot chocolate! It is really cold out there!" I made my sweet girls some hot chocolate and we all sat around the table talking about how excited we are the Christmas is just around the corner! It has been so much fun lately with my daughters because they are so full of new ideas and great conversation!

Happy Halloween!!

2008-11-04T13:50:00.001-08:00

The kids ready to go Trick-Or-Treating!

Quincey: A Fairy Princess

Emma: A Scary Monster(Frankenstein)

Korbyn: A Dragon

Tia: Hannah Montana

Halloween was a lot of fun this year because my girls wanted more say in what they were going to be this year.

Emma insisted on being a "scary monster, so I can scare that dog!!!" I borrowed a costume from my sister-in-law that her little boy wore 2 years ago. JJ did get called a boy a couple of times, but all in all she looked like the cutest scary monster out there! She ran around "scaring" all the bigger kids and had some great laughs doing so!

JJ and her Jack-O-Lantern:

Emma J had a total blast carving the pumpkins! She kept carving long after her eyes, nose, mouth were all cut out!! Quincey, on the other hand, thought that carving Jack-O-Lantern's was way too messy. She hated taking out the seed on the inside and washed her hands about 5 times throughout the process!!!

Pumkin Patch

2008-11-04T13:30:00.001-08:00

We all went to a Pumpkin Patch down in Santaquin. We went on a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch. All the way to the farm, Quincey was upset because she did not really want to sit ON the hay. Hay, in her opinion, was too "prickly" and stuck in your pants! When we arrived, she was pleased to see the we would only be sitting on a bench that the tractor pulled and not the actual hay! The girls were able to pick out their own pumpkins, but I think that all Emma J wanted to do was run around and roll the pumpkins down the hill!!! We had a great time!

My girls at Gramma's Farm

2008-10-21T21:25:00.001-07:00

We went to my parent's house for my dad's 50th birthday.
My girls LOVE to ride the horses and play with the animals!

Quincey loves to go as fast as she can on the horses. She has recently discovered "cantering".. lovely.....

Emma J likes to ride, but she loves to play with Ginger the dog and all of the barn cats my parents have...

Emma J

"Look Mom, no hands!!!"

JJ and Ginger- best buds!

"Is it My turn yet!!??!?"

My big girl riding by herself

Hangin' out at the barn.

Family Pictures

2008-10-12T19:31:00.001-07:00

Bennett Family Renunion 2008

Quincey- She posed for almost every shot!

My Little JJ She is so beautiful....

Quincey and Wyatt(cousin) He is the man....

He drove all the ladies around in his 'ride' !!!!

Blasted Graveyards!!

2008-09-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

The other night, I worked a graveyard, came home just as Ed was leaving for work. I dread these days, because I don't take as good of care of my girls as I should- as you can tell by the picture. So, on this particular morning, Quincey and Emma were "behaving" so well, they weren't fighting, screaming, pulling hair, etc. I finally got out of bed, to find this lovely mess of my living room!! Let's play "I spy":

I spy... a scooter from outside that they were riding in the living room!!

I spy.... SpongeBob Mac and Cheese they wanted for breakfast!

I spy...Stickers on my TV STAND!!!!

I spy.... cereal being eaten out of the box (by the way, the WHOLE box!!)

However, my favorite I spy.... You can only see a portion of the baby carrier with her "baby" for the day, a kitty cat sitting on the TV stand while Quincey's chair is pulled as close to the TV as possible... watching of all things.... Christina's Court!

Ya' gotta love the graveyards!!!!

My Future Stars!

2008-09-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

Here are my girls showing off their wonderful talents!!

Lookin' Back Part 2

2008-09-20T19:17:00.001-07:00

I had so much fun going through all of my old pictures that I decided to go through Ed's!!! Here are some fun ones of him!!

1977: This is Ed and his two older sisters; Charlotte and April. No, he was not abused as a child, he fell down some porch steps!!! Poor little guy!!!

1980's: I am not quite sure how old Ed was in this picture, but I must say that this is my FAVORITE "family" picture that he has!! Why?!!?! Because it captures the essence of each of their personalities.... (from left to right) Charlotte... "what the hell is going on here?!??!" Eddie: Sincere and very excited about his new GI Joe guys !!! April: Center of attention! Jeremy: "Ummmmm.... what?!?!" LouLou (on the ground): "I know I am better looking than all of you!!!"

1992: Ed is going to love me for posting this one.... Senior pictures!!
He swears that the mullet was still in back then, I say the mullet was NEVER in!!!

2002: This is one of my favorite pictures from our wedding and I only have one that I can copy!!!

2004: Ed and Quincey minutes after she was finally here!!!

Lookin' Back

2008-09-15T22:12:00.000-07:00

I was going through all of my old pictures today.. I am really supposed to be putting stuff in storage so that we can sell our house.... but anyway... I came across some of these oldies that I wanted to post!!

1979: This is my cousin and me in my grandma's old claw bathtub... I wish my butt was still as cute!!

1979: I have always been a daddy's girl!! Maybe that is where my girls get it from!!

1996: My sister is the farthest left, my dad and then me on the right!!

1998: These are my favorite boys from high school... Eric Braithwaite (left) Jon Smith , Me and the ever- loving Cody Bakken(right) Doesn't he look like he is having the time of his life!?!?!?? We met up in Las Vegas one summer to hang out!

1998: These are my old roommates from college!! Kristen(left), Emily, Denise and Me (far right!!) We went to Balboa Beach to the fire pits to goof around!! Loads of fun!!! By the way Denise does not look a day older now then she did in this picture.... 10 years ago!!!!

I know.... I know!!!!

2008-09-10T19:56:00.001-07:00

I know, it has been quite awhile since I have posted anything! My computer crashed and instead of getting it fixed right away.. I wasn't about to drop $200+ , so I waited and waited...I finally took it in, 24 hours and $35 later, here is my new and improved computer.

Much has changed since I last posted anything. Ed now is employed with Salt Lake City PD!! I am so proud of him!! The department makes all of the new employees go through the academy again!!! Yes, my poor 11 year police sergeant veteran has to go through the police academy again.. He is half-way finished and he couldn't be happier that it is almost finished.....

Quincey and Emma JJ are getting so big!! Quincey is 4 and JJ is 2 1/2!! I will be posting more pictures in the next few days!!

Karaoke Christmas Party

2008-01-05T17:25:00.000-08:00

Singing "What I Like About You!"

This year for the Police Dept. Christmas Party, they had a Hawiian Luau theme. It was quite good. There was a pig roast and some great desserts to go along. One the the things that they also brought along was a Karaoke machine and the Decectives all dressed up in hula skirts, coconut bikkini tops and wigs.... they sang "Material Girl" and it was one of the funniest things that I have seen in a LONG LONG time. After they broke the ice, a bunch of the guys decided to try out thier own karaoke skills!!! Quite amusing. They finally talked Ed into getting up there.... completely sober and sing a song with the group! I was quite proud of him for being such a good sport... the only one in uniform, I might add!

It really was a fun party!

Winter Fun

2007-12-17T16:14:00.000-08:00

My girls have been so funny in the snow this year. Emma still doesn't understand that the snow is really cold... ALWAYS! Yesterday, she went running out onto the deck to play in the snow without her boots on. She got about half-way out and froze... literally! Her feet were so cold that she just stopped and started crying. I went out to pick up up and she said"Mommy shoes on!"

They are so funny. Quincey needs to make sure that she is dressed fashionably and Emma just wants to dig in!!!

Christmas 2007

2007-12-17T15:35:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas 2007

This Christmas season has really been quite a lot of fun. Quincey and Emma are really excited about it this year. Quincey, at first, was asking me about every hour if it was

Christmas yet and that I just had not told her. So I finally put together a calendar that she

could mark the days off until Christmas and she is not nearly as anxious that I might have forgotten!! Quincey will carry one of her presents around with her all over the house. Finally the other day she says to me, "Mom, I really don't want to open my present, I just want to see what is inside!!!" Emma has really left the presents alone, but still loves to mess with the ornaments. The first few days were filled with me putting ornaments back the tree . I told the girls they could decorate their "own" tree. I let them put ornaments on the little trees that I had in the hallway. They loved it!! I bought little stars for them to put at the top. The girls are so proud of their little trees!!

This year the "Dear Santa" is as follows:

Dad: Ed wants an iPod so that he doesn't have to share with me anymore!

Mom: I want a new camera!!

Quincey: She asked Santa for that "farm" from "Costco" that has the riding girl and the horse. Papa Allen told her that there is not a Costso at the North Pole an she was soooo upset. I told her that Santa could always stop at Costco on his way down to see if the little boys and girls are being nice!!

Emma: She wants Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! She loves to watch the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Christmas!

I am so glad that when we built this house that Ed decided that he wanted to put a fireplace in it. At Christmas, it is so fun to hang the stockings, put up the little village and turn it on to keep warm, plus is also provides Santa with a way to come and deliver all of the presents!!

We wish all of the a very Merry Christmas from Ed, Jessica, Quincey and Emma!

Gym Pass

2007-10-30T12:58:00.000-07:00

So I finally did it. I went to Gold's and added myself on with Ed's membership. We got a pass that our day care is included in the monthly fee. I have been going 5 days a week for the past 3 weeks. I enjoy going and getting some of my stress out but I am a bit discouraged. I have only lost 7lbs in 3 weeks and I work really hard everyday. I can not believe how much harder it is to lose weight after having children. I swear, it is a good thing that they are so dang cute because they really do a number on your body!
My goal is to be at 130 by the time I turn 30. I am determined to meet this goal, so I need all of the encouragement that I can get!!!!

Washington in September

2007-09-26T19:22:00.000-07:00

Quincey and I

Ready to go!!!

Fishin' with Uncle Zac

I had the opportunity to go to Northern Washington with my mom, sister, brother and daughter, Quincey. We had a great time up there visiting my Uncle Ferg and Aunt Julie. They live way up in the mountains north of Omak, WA. Quincey had a blast!! We stayed in a camper trailer that she thought was the coolest!! She would ask about every 15 minutes, "hey, let's go play games in my trailer!!" My uncle owns about 20 acres and has a Frisbee gold course (18 holes!!) on his property. Quincey was such a trooper! The grass blades were taller that she was and we were hiking up and down hills. Of course, she had to do it all on her own. I hope that you enjoy these pictures!

Lake Lemanasky, WA

Last year Halloween

2007-09-25T22:16:00.001-07:00

This is Halloween 2006. Quincey was a ballerina and Emma was a Monkey!!